An effective evaluation model and improvement analysis for national park websites: A case study of Taiwan

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 936-952

  Tsai, Wen Hsien ^a   Chou, Wen Chin ^b   Lai, Chien Wen ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic Network Process (ANP); Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); National park; VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR); Website evaluation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77955421143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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